Charlie Woods going at the PGAT a bit early

[LBB]

Just now, jimecherry said:

sorry to be that guy but people were following tiger before that junior amateur streak thanks to him showing up in the mike douglas show

sorry to be that guy that needs to explain the definition of sarcasm...

[grm24]

13 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

 

Congrats to Miles Russell. Top rated junior for his age. Well done.

 

That said there isn't one person here making the case that Charlie Woods is the best junior golfer in the world or in his age group. Yet the schadenfreude here and other places and in multiple other threads at WRX over the past few years towards a just turned 15 year old child is mind boggling and quite honestly pretty pathetic. CW didn't choose who his dad is. Yet people are dumping on him likely just for being the son of TW. 

Edited February 22 by grm24

[CircleC29]

1 minute ago, bcflyguy1 said:

Oof, that double on 2. Real pity because the rest of the day was so great.

A par there would've put him in a current qualifier spot at -4. Lots of scores to come in though. Still a great day for the kid. 

 

[Stevens24]

39 minutes ago, LBB said:

Pretty sure nobody was following Tiger in HS when he won the US Junior Amateur 3 consecutive years at ages 15-17.  Clearly was not an indicator of greatness to come.

 

/sarcasm  

 

Joking aside, I get your point.  My comment was simply that you can look at a HS golfers results to determine how good they are at the current time which isn't as easy for prospects involved with team sports (basketball and football).  This is due to team dynamics, playing time, and coaching decisions that factor into results and stats that go on paper.

 

Another example similar to golf is swimming.  You can absolutely evaluate a HS swimmer based on their results.  You don't need a media member's opinion to tell you that a 15 year old's XX:XX time in the 100m free projects them to be a future Olympic swimmer or not if you just compare results on paper.

 

Charlie Woods won't be able to hide from his 86 today, or any other published result from tournaments he plays in going forward just because a media member wants to hype him up.

Actually Tiger was a well known entity in golf circles and especially SoCal from age 10 on. I grew up in OC and most serious golfer knew who he was and he won everything at Charlie’s age

[jimecherry]

29 minutes ago, LBB said:

sorry to be that guy that needs to explain the definition of sarcasm...

was your sarcasm meant to indicate tiger's scorecards needed to be viewed for signs of greatness or that tiger woods had people viewing his scorecards for signs of greatness. people reviewed tigers highschool scorecards not because they were great and thus a sign of greatness they reviewed his scorecards cause they were expecting them to be great due to the signs of greatness that had already been shown.

[notsohard]

46 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Being critical of a 15yo just feels wrong to me. Perhaps SM just isn’t the right fit for me 🤷🏼‍♂️

I'm with ya.... but daddy has put him up in the limelight.

That said, Tiger knew that Charlie had no hope. It was more about exposure to the real thing. 

You can't knock experience. 

[3whacker]

during TW last year of playing the US Jr Amateur, the local qualifier was held at Rio Bravo CC in Bakersfield in 100 dg heat, I caddied for a friend of mine who made it to the final stage as he shot -1 for two rounds, but I remember vividly that TW drove up fresh from winning the North and South Amateur, shoelaces untied and shot 65 in the first round and I heard he didnt even break a sweat. it was so hot the afternoon round you could feel the heat come up thru your shoes, someone gave me a cool gallon of water after the round and i had a few sips and poured the rest on my head to cool off

[rule_6]

Tiger put Charlie in this position, Charlie even at 15 has shown that he does in fact love the camera and exposure. I play golf with a 13yr old who is ranked nationally who loves to trash talk and have a good time, yet his dad protects him, just the other day he was complaining because his mom had limited his social media time on his phone. Remember Tiger still has the stigma of being a serial adulterer and is trying to rebrand his image as a family man.....but it may be to the detriment of Charlie. Time will tell. 

[rule_6]

1 minute ago, 3whacker said:

during TW last year of playing the US Jr Amateur, the local qualifier was held at Rio Bravo CC in Bakersfield in 100 dg heat, I caddied for a friend of mine who made it to the final stage as he shot -1 for two rounds, but I remember vividly that TW drove up fresh from winning the North and South Amateur, shoelaces untied and shot 65 in the first round and I heard he didnt even break a sweat. it was so hot the afternoon round you could feel the heat come up thru your shoes, someone gave me a cool gallon of water after the round and i had a few sips and poured the rest on my head to cool off

Tiger would not have had to local qualify for the US Jr Am that year. 

[bscinstnct]

4 minutes ago, rule_6 said:

Tiger put Charlie in this position, Charlie even at 15 has shown that he does in fact love the camera and exposure. I play golf with a 13yr old who is ranked nationally who loves to trash talk and have a good time, yet his dad protects him, just the other day he was complaining because his mom had limited his social media time on his phone. Remember Tiger still has the stigma of being a serial adulterer and is trying to rebrand his image as a family man.....but it may be to the detriment of Charlie. Time will tell. 

 

🤣

 

 

[kmbean]

CW and I have something in common.  Club twirling and strut walking our way to a mid 80s score.

[wedgegame]

27 minutes ago, rule_6 said:

Tiger put Charlie in this position, Charlie even at 15 has shown that he does in fact love the camera and exposure. I play golf with a 13yr old who is ranked nationally who loves to trash talk and have a good time, yet his dad protects him, just the other day he was complaining because his mom had limited his social media time on his phone. Remember Tiger still has the stigma of being a serial adulterer and is trying to rebrand his image as a family man.....but it may be to the detriment of Charlie. Time will tell. 

Just a question, did your girlfriend happen to work as a waitress at a Friendly's in Florida circa 2007?  

[rule_6]

1 minute ago, wedgegame said:

Just a question, did your girlfriend happen to work as a waitress at a Friendly's in Florida circa 2007?  

nah, call me a hater, jealous, or whatever- I'm not a Tiger fan, I'm not a Rory fan, i can't stand the media coddling of anyone no matter who it is. I call it like i see it. Charlie isn't as good as he's hyped and he's earned nothing. I was raised that I had to earn everything, i teach my kids the same. That doesn't make me jealous, but I just want to see kids earn the spotlight and not have it shined on them and then the media create the narrative that isn't true. 

[jimecherry]

Just now, rule_6 said:

nah, call me a hater, jealous, or whatever- I'm not a Tiger fan, I'm not a Rory fan, i can't stand the media coddling of anyone no matter who it is. I call it like i see it. Charlie isn't as good as he's hyped and he's earned nothing. I was raised that I had to earn everything, i teach my kids the same. That doesn't make me jealous, but I just want to see kids earn the spotlight and not have it shined on them and then the media create the narrative that isn't true. 

 entertainment often doesnt match up with most peoples ideals on how you earn something.

[Loose_Ferrule]

3 minutes ago, rule_6 said:

nah, call me a hater, jealous, or whatever- I'm not a Tiger fan, I'm not a Rory fan, i can't stand the media coddling of anyone no matter who it is. I call it like i see it. Charlie isn't as good as he's hyped and he's earned nothing. I was raised that I had to earn everything, i teach my kids the same. That doesn't make me jealous, but I just want to see kids earn the spotlight and not have it shined on them and then the media create the narrative that isn't true. 

Not sure what rock you have been living under but the World is a different place since you were a kid.....

 

Charlie Woods has no choice, he will always be in the spotlight. Like I said in an earlier post, being a child of Tiger Woods is a blessing and a curse

[wedgegame]

1 minute ago, rule_6 said:

nah, call me a hater, jealous, or whatever- I'm not a Tiger fan, I'm not a Rory fan, i can't stand the media coddling of anyone no matter who it is. I call it like i see it. Charlie isn't as good as he's hyped and he's earned nothing. I was raised that I had to earn everything, i teach my kids the same. That doesn't make me jealous, but I just want to see kids earn the spotlight and not have it shined on them and then the media create the narrative that isn't true. 

Yeah sure, but this a 15 year old kid who couldn't do anything related to golf without drawing attention of the media just by virtue of who his father is.  In fact, I'd say he's been deprived of being able to enjoy the game the same way you, your kids, or I do.  Yet here you are implying that he is to blame for the media coverage.  You might not be a hater, jealous or whatever, but something inspired you to sign into an account on a site you haven't been active on in 5 years just to throw shade at a high schooler. 

[rule_6]

8 minutes ago, Loose_Ferrule said:

Not sure what rock you have been living under but the World is a different place since you were a kid.....

 

Charlie Woods has no choice, he will always be in the spotlight. Like I said in an earlier post, being a child of Tiger Woods is a blessing and a curse

you are right he has no choice of being in the spotlight, he does however have a choice of how he acts/reacts to the spotlight......all appearances are that he's got some tendencies that his dad does. 

 

In regards to the last part of your post, I've just decided to become more active on here, I've posted on different message boards for years in fact i used to manage one of my own. It's a medium to express my opinion, I see nothing wrong with that. 

Edited February 22 by rule_6

[Loose_Ferrule]

7 minutes ago, rule_6 said:

you are right he has no choice of being in the spotlight, he does however have a choice of how he acts/reacts to the spotlight......all appearances are that he's got some tendencies that his dad does. 

Correct, and based on you comments on how you were brought up I'm sure you have some of you parents tendencies and your kids will have some of yours. 
 

Let it go, I don't like Tiger either but Charlie has every right to play golf just like you or I.

 

 

Edited February 22 by Loose_Ferrule

[3whacker]

WRX was giving him more attention than the media based on this thread that is already at 4 pages and counting....people here were making him a prodigy...he is clearly not a prodigy... seems like every Tour player from the 70's-present that has a kid has exceptional athletes, because their kids start at country clubs and have great instruction from Day 1, Look at the Korda sisters, heck Mark Lye has a daughter who is an AJGA All American

[Loose_Ferrule]

4 minutes ago, rule_6 said:

you are right he has no choice of being in the spotlight, he does however have a choice of how he acts/reacts to the spotlight......all appearances are that he's got some tendencies that his dad does. 

 

In regards to the last part of your post, I've just decided to become more active on here, I've posted on different message boards for years in fact i used to manage one of my own. It's a medium to express my opinion, I see nothing wrong with that. 

I never commented on your participation or lack there of. I don't care if some has 1 or 40,000 posts. 

[rule_6]

10 minutes ago, Loose_Ferrule said:

Correct, and based on you comments on how you were brought up I'm sure you have some of you parents tendencies and your kids will have some of yours. 
 

Let it go, I don't like Tiger either but Charlie has every right to play golf just like you or I.

 

 

I got no problem with him playing golf or him even playing in this event, but I do not like the narrative that is driven about him and the fact that he tries to play into that same narrative. 

[rule_6]

10 minutes ago, Loose_Ferrule said:

I never commented on your participation or lack there of. I don't care if some has 1 or 40,000 posts. 

 

I was responding to the post above yours. 

[PlusGolferUk]

How do these qualifiers work for amateurs? Can anyone enter who’s willing to lose money or is there a handicap limit? Does anyone know what his handicap is? 

Edited February 22 by PlusGolferUk

[tatertot]

Charlie Woods' only crime is who is dad is ... some people will skewer him for it, others will give him breaks. But in the end, he's a 15 year old kid trying to get through life and make his dad proud of him. Most of us know what that's like, we just didn't have an army of media around us 24/7.

[Ghost of Snead]

42 minutes ago, rule_6 said:

you are right he has no choice of being in the spotlight, he does however have a choice of how he acts/reacts to the spotlight......all appearances are that he's got some tendencies that his dad does. 

 

In regards to the last part of your post, I've just decided to become more active on here, I've posted on different message boards for years in fact i used to manage one of my own. It's a medium to express my opinion, I see nothing wrong with that. 

 

And what would those be ? 

[rule_6]

2 minutes ago, Ghost of Snead said:

 

And what would those be ? 

the post bad shot limps, the emphasized recoil when not necessary.....

[tatumcat]

On 2/21/2024 at 4:22 PM, stinger_gc said:

It’s not that early. Guys like Tiger and Spieth played a tour event in their teens. And he’s playing in a pre-qualifying event

Charlie ain’t nowhere close to talent of his dad or Jordan at that age!

[Loose_Ferrule]

6 minutes ago, tatumcat said:

Charlie ain’t nowhere close to talent of his dad or Jordan at that age!

I don't believe anyone in this particular thread says he does.

 

 

Edited February 22 by Loose_Ferrule

[Wedge Ninja]

Anyone notice him rolling a Scotty Studio Stainless!?

[PedronNiall]

Got to suck having adults spend their free time insulting & belittling you online when you're still a kid who hasn't remotely figured out life and just wants to try something most wouldn't be willing to face the scrutiny of. More than fine to discuss his play & results but it's sad af that people take to having a go at an actual kid because "back in my day we earned everything". 

 

People with personalities like that almost never realize how empty they must feel somewhere deep down inside. Best to ignore them and move on. I can promise when literally no one responds to their posts ever they will go back to lurking in the shadows where they can be alone with the demons that run their lives.